Plasticity of hatching in amphibians: Evolution, trade-offs, cues and mechanisms

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-127

  Warkentin, Karen M ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 79960139712     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icr046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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